Murphy's Lawyer
@menageri.org.uk
He/him. Online since before the Eternal September. Remembers when Woke used to be called treating others with respect and decency. You can find me elsewhere
at and via https://murphys-lawyer.dreamwidth.org/
Signal: PayneHA.71
at and via https://murphys-lawyer.dreamwidth.org/
Signal: PayneHA.71
Trying out Qwant as a search engine. Currently free, ad-supported but not personalised ads and claims no tracking.
January 21, 2026 at 3:34 PM
Trying out Qwant as a search engine. Currently free, ad-supported but not personalised ads and claims no tracking.
Looking at micro SD cards online and Ggl has an awful lot of “2TB Sandisk Extreme Pro” offers for under UK £15 in its sponsored products at the top of the screen.
Emptor, caveat, et cetera.
Emptor, caveat, et cetera.
January 21, 2026 at 1:17 PM
Looking at micro SD cards online and Ggl has an awful lot of “2TB Sandisk Extreme Pro” offers for under UK £15 in its sponsored products at the top of the screen.
Emptor, caveat, et cetera.
Emptor, caveat, et cetera.
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The New World asked me to speak to some British trans women about what life has been like for them over the past few years - here's what they had to say, in their own words: www.thenewworld.co.uk/marie-le-con...
January 21, 2026 at 9:38 AM
The New World asked me to speak to some British trans women about what life has been like for them over the past few years - here's what they had to say, in their own words: www.thenewworld.co.uk/marie-le-con...
Lunch. Getting better at making this.
January 21, 2026 at 12:33 PM
Lunch. Getting better at making this.
Oh for the love of Nyarlathotep! “Chinese restaurants are a Fifth Column” was being lampooned in the late 1970s / early 1980s.
I would exhort the Daily Heil to come up with something original, but I’m not sure they’re capable of it.
I would exhort the Daily Heil to come up with something original, but I’m not sure they’re capable of it.
how advanced is your nation's sinophobia? very? extremely? you are like baby, we are inventing sinophobia the likes of which cannot be dreamt of
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
The Chinese restaurants surrounding our most sensitive military bases
The Daily Mail can reveal a bizarre anomaly in the distribution of Chinese restaurants across the country.
www.dailymail.co.uk
January 21, 2026 at 11:33 AM
Oh for the love of Nyarlathotep! “Chinese restaurants are a Fifth Column” was being lampooned in the late 1970s / early 1980s.
I would exhort the Daily Heil to come up with something original, but I’m not sure they’re capable of it.
I would exhort the Daily Heil to come up with something original, but I’m not sure they’re capable of it.
Grim but necessary reading, hopefully an incentive for action.
Pass it on.
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/696e0e...
Pass it on.
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/696e0e...
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk
January 20, 2026 at 9:37 PM
Grim but necessary reading, hopefully an incentive for action.
Pass it on.
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/696e0e...
Pass it on.
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/696e0e...
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New episode of The Anime Business!
Jonathan Clements talks about the history of anime in the UK!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=g59A...
Jonathan Clements talks about the history of anime in the UK!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=g59A...
January 19, 2026 at 7:24 PM
New episode of The Anime Business!
Jonathan Clements talks about the history of anime in the UK!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=g59A...
Jonathan Clements talks about the history of anime in the UK!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=g59A...
No new pictures.
Where are you at mentally?
Where are you at mentally?
January 19, 2026 at 7:18 PM
No new pictures.
Where are you at mentally?
Where are you at mentally?
Possibly the first time I’ve seen the phrase “sunk cost fallacy” used seriously by the leader of a UK political party in decades.
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
Trump's threat to Greenland must be a wake-up call for Britain
For too long our politicians have toadied to a dangerous president
www.newstatesman.com
January 19, 2026 at 6:04 PM
Possibly the first time I’ve seen the phrase “sunk cost fallacy” used seriously by the leader of a UK political party in decades.
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
Hydrogen and carbon capture are desperate attempts by the fossil fuel industry to stay relevant in a world that no longer sees them as the default power source for everything.
Hydrogen for the Humber?
Local businesses call on Ed Miliband to invest in creating new regional opportunities in hydrogen and carbon capture projects
By Angus Young
@angusyoung61.bsky.social
Local businesses call on Ed Miliband to invest in creating new regional opportunities in hydrogen and carbon capture projects
By Angus Young
@angusyoung61.bsky.social
Hydrogen for the Humber?
Local businesses call on Ed Miliband to invest in creating new regional opportunities in hydrogen and carbon capture projects
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
January 18, 2026 at 8:02 AM
Hydrogen and carbon capture are desperate attempts by the fossil fuel industry to stay relevant in a world that no longer sees them as the default power source for everything.
Shutting down for the night. Have a cat picture.
January 17, 2026 at 10:41 PM
Shutting down for the night. Have a cat picture.
Oooh yes!
www.smbc-comics.com/comic/gender-2
www.smbc-comics.com/comic/gender-2
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Gender
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Gender
www.smbc-comics.com
January 17, 2026 at 12:32 PM
Oooh yes!
www.smbc-comics.com/comic/gender-2
www.smbc-comics.com/comic/gender-2
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Pocket Princesses 437: Pedicures
January 17, 2026 at 12:26 AM
Pocket Princesses 437: Pedicures
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Williams was grateful for Touchstone doing Good Morning Vietnam. So agreed to do Aladdin at base SAG rate on condition it was uncredited.
Disney then fucked with Fern Gully AND made him central to all their promo.
He never forgave them for it. Even after they sent him a $1m Picasso as a sorry.
Disney then fucked with Fern Gully AND made him central to all their promo.
He never forgave them for it. Even after they sent him a $1m Picasso as a sorry.
Didn't he also want to go uncredited as the Genie and refused to work with Disney for years afterward when they made a big deal of him being in it?
January 17, 2026 at 12:44 AM
Williams was grateful for Touchstone doing Good Morning Vietnam. So agreed to do Aladdin at base SAG rate on condition it was uncredited.
Disney then fucked with Fern Gully AND made him central to all their promo.
He never forgave them for it. Even after they sent him a $1m Picasso as a sorry.
Disney then fucked with Fern Gully AND made him central to all their promo.
He never forgave them for it. Even after they sent him a $1m Picasso as a sorry.
Rewatched ‘Real Genius’ for I think the first time it came out in 1985.
For an 80s film set on a University campus, with all the 80s pitfalls, it’s held up remarkably well.
For an 80s film set on a University campus, with all the 80s pitfalls, it’s held up remarkably well.
January 16, 2026 at 10:06 PM
Rewatched ‘Real Genius’ for I think the first time it came out in 1985.
For an 80s film set on a University campus, with all the 80s pitfalls, it’s held up remarkably well.
For an 80s film set on a University campus, with all the 80s pitfalls, it’s held up remarkably well.
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The BBC is nakedly peddling fake news - and refusing to apologise for doing so - in furtherance of its transphobic agenda. 🧵
January 15, 2026 at 11:17 AM
The BBC is nakedly peddling fake news - and refusing to apologise for doing so - in furtherance of its transphobic agenda. 🧵
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Most US media is downplaying this by talking about how few soldiers were sent to Greenland yesterday by the Nordic countries, but omits the fact that they’re all planning officers, preparing first for a large exercise followed by long term stay by a larger force.
The Danish foreign minister, coming out of a meeting with the Americans: "It's clear that the president has this wish of conquering Greenland."
I don't think that people have quite measured the severity of what is happening nor the intensity of the required response.
I don't think that people have quite measured the severity of what is happening nor the intensity of the required response.
"Denmark is by all means on the right side of history" says 🇩🇰FM Rasmussen, implying 🇺🇸 is on the wrong side.
"We didn't manage to change the American position. It's clear that the president has this wish of conquering Greenland".
"We didn't manage to change the American position. It's clear that the president has this wish of conquering Greenland".
January 15, 2026 at 9:38 AM
Most US media is downplaying this by talking about how few soldiers were sent to Greenland yesterday by the Nordic countries, but omits the fact that they’re all planning officers, preparing first for a large exercise followed by long term stay by a larger force.
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The last Scottish police officer killed on duty was 30 years ago.
This, if implemented, will get officers killed as criminal groups arm themselves in response.
It is the Police Union risking the lives of their officers so they can feel more manly, that's it.
www.thenational.scot/news/2576659...
This, if implemented, will get officers killed as criminal groups arm themselves in response.
It is the Police Union risking the lives of their officers so they can feel more manly, that's it.
www.thenational.scot/news/2576659...
Police Scotland officers lobby politicians for guns on duty
POLICE Scotland officers are set to ask MSPs to support them having access to guns while on duty
www.thenational.scot
January 15, 2026 at 12:02 AM
The last Scottish police officer killed on duty was 30 years ago.
This, if implemented, will get officers killed as criminal groups arm themselves in response.
It is the Police Union risking the lives of their officers so they can feel more manly, that's it.
www.thenational.scot/news/2576659...
This, if implemented, will get officers killed as criminal groups arm themselves in response.
It is the Police Union risking the lives of their officers so they can feel more manly, that's it.
www.thenational.scot/news/2576659...
Somebody finally realised how bad it would look if people who have been effectively imprisoned without trial died in custody. Enough shouts of “Do you even know who Bobby Sands was?” perhaps.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Three Palestine Action protesters end their hunger strike
Four more who had paused opt not to continue after government opts against giving contract to Elbit Systems UK
www.theguardian.com
January 14, 2026 at 9:58 PM
Somebody finally realised how bad it would look if people who have been effectively imprisoned without trial died in custody. Enough shouts of “Do you even know who Bobby Sands was?” perhaps.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Hello, my Bluesky peeps.
I don't suppose any of you are from Dublin, and would like to go to a media preview of Mind of a Serial Killer: The Experience, a new exhibition launching in Dublin, with a view to covering it for GNoH
Thursday, 5th Feb
Time: 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM
invite includesa +1
I don't suppose any of you are from Dublin, and would like to go to a media preview of Mind of a Serial Killer: The Experience, a new exhibition launching in Dublin, with a view to covering it for GNoH
Thursday, 5th Feb
Time: 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM
invite includesa +1
January 14, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Hello, my Bluesky peeps.
I don't suppose any of you are from Dublin, and would like to go to a media preview of Mind of a Serial Killer: The Experience, a new exhibition launching in Dublin, with a view to covering it for GNoH
Thursday, 5th Feb
Time: 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM
invite includesa +1
I don't suppose any of you are from Dublin, and would like to go to a media preview of Mind of a Serial Killer: The Experience, a new exhibition launching in Dublin, with a view to covering it for GNoH
Thursday, 5th Feb
Time: 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM
invite includesa +1
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If you have “sincere concerns” about trans athletes in sports, all it means is that you have given yourself a rationale for your bigotry that you sincerely believe exonerates you for aligning to a far-right tactic for marginalization and exclusion.
January 13, 2026 at 7:02 PM
If you have “sincere concerns” about trans athletes in sports, all it means is that you have given yourself a rationale for your bigotry that you sincerely believe exonerates you for aligning to a far-right tactic for marginalization and exclusion.
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Did you know that you, yes YOU, can vote in the Hugo Awards??
@mollytempleton.com breaks down the process, including how to register before the January 31st deadline!
@mollytempleton.com breaks down the process, including how to register before the January 31st deadline!
Anyone Can Vote in the Hugo Awards — And Here's How - Reactor
You — yes, you! — can nominate work and vote for the winners of the 2026 Hugo Awards!
reactormag.com
January 8, 2026 at 4:18 PM
Did you know that you, yes YOU, can vote in the Hugo Awards??
@mollytempleton.com breaks down the process, including how to register before the January 31st deadline!
@mollytempleton.com breaks down the process, including how to register before the January 31st deadline!
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January 13, 2026 at 7:24 PM